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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 73 - Introduction

* The psalmist's temptation. (1-14) How he gained a victory over it. (15-20) How he profited by it. (21-28)

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See also Psalms 73 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm (with the ten succeeding psalms, together with Psalms 50 - twelve in all) is ascribed to Asaph, unless the reading in the margin, “for Asaph” be correct. The most natural sense of the expre...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII. Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here and there, however, the name Y...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    Psalms 73: PSALMS 73-89. THE THIRD OR LEVITICUS BOOK*. THE SANCTUARY. 73-83. THE SANCTUARY IN RELATION TO MAN. 84-89. THE SANCTUARY IN RELATION TO JEHOVAH. 73-83. THE SANCTUARY IN RELATION TO MAN.. 73...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    THE PSALMS BOOK III Psalms 73-89 THE THIRD BOOK OF PSALMS Twelve Psalms in the Psalter are entitled Psalms "of Asaph," of which one (Psalms 50) stands by itself between the Korahite and Davidic gr...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    Book III. LXXIII. The motive of this psalm shows itself clearly in Psalms 73:3 — perplexity at the sight of the prosperity of the wicked. Two psalms have already dealt with the question at some length...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 73 A PSALM OF ASAPH. It seems by the title that Asaph was the penman of this psalm, as it is certain that he was a composer of psalms and hymns; see 2 Chronicles 29:30, though i...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015._ The second book of Psalms, according to the Hebrew division, ends with the last, and here begins the third book, consisting of a new collection of seventeen Psalms, most of th...

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